Baseball Game Preview: Coal City Coalers vs. Streator Bulldogs
By Team Reports
Apr 13, 2025, 12:46am
Baseball Preview: Coal City Coalers vs. Streator Bulldogs

Coalers
04/12/25 @ Plainfield North | 5 |
04/09/25 vs Peotone | 12 |
04/08/25 @ Peotone | 20 |
04/03/25 @ Bishop McNamara | 2 |
04/01/25 vs Lisle | 7 |
+ 9 more games |
The Coal City Coalers will head out on the road to challenge the Streator Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Coal City is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.2 runs per game this season.
Coal City is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Plainfield North just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 10-5 to the Tigers.
Coal City saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Henline, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI.
Streator had taken Rochelle down for three straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Saturday. The Bulldogs came up short against the Hubs, falling 11-1. Like the Coalers, the Bulldogs also had to let a streak go: they had won four straight, but that streak is no more.
Coal City suffered their first road defeat, dropping their record down to 12-2. As for Streator, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7.
Coal City's speedy runners might be the difference in Monday's contest. The Coalers have been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.8 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for Streator, though, as they've been averaging only 0.9 stolen bases. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Coal City continue to outrun the ball?
Coal City skirted past Streator 3-1 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Do the Coalers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bulldogs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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